Higher Fees on Certain H and L Visas
President Obama signed into law Public Law Number 111-230 on August 13, requiring the submission of an additional $2000 for certain H-1B petitions and $2250 for certain L-1A and L-1B petitions filed after August 14. The additional fees remain in effect until September...

April 1, 2012: "Jonathan O. Kelly" (pen name for a long-time observer of immigration law and policy,) the fictional "Director of Policy Evaluation" for the equally fictional "Legal Immigration and Economic Research Institute," offers this sure-fire solution to our immigration...

"This report is the third in a Center for American Progress series that looks at the daily lives, struggles, and strategies of undocumented immigrants who must live through the assault of harsh laws designed to make their lives unbearable. Throughout 2012 we will release reports that lift the veil...

"The U.S. government spends more on federal immigration enforcement than on all other principal federal criminal law enforcement agencies combined, with the nearly $18 billion spent in fiscal 2012 approximately 24 percent higher than collective spending for the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration...